Five Indiana students receive grants CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. — Recently, five students received education grants under provisions of the Merton W. Grills Student Aid Fund, as administered by the Trust Department of Wayne Bank and Trust Co., of Cambridge City, Ind.
These grants are in the amount of $1,200 each.
The recipients for 2007 are: Christopher Bills, of Cambridge City, who will graduate from Lincoln High School and plans to pursue a career in business; Taylor Eastman, Hagerstown, Ind., will graduate from Hagerstown High School and plans to study agribusiness at Purdue University; Kyle Irvine, of Richmond, Ind., who will graduate from Richmond High School and plans to study construction technology at Ivy Tech Community College; Bethany Keller, Hagerstown, will graduate from Hagerstown High School and plans to study music performance; and Tyler Poland, Hagerstown, will graduate from Hagerstown High School and plans to study business at Valparaiso University.
Since the Merton W. Grills Student Aid Fund was initiated in 1965, 155 students from Wayne County and the surrounding counties have received over $164,000 in interest free educational grants.
Parkway FFA helps growers monitor for rootworm
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — For the second consecutive year, FFA chapters in Iowa, Michigan and Ohio, including members of the Parkway FFA Chapter, will be participating in Monsanto’s sticky trap monitoring program to help growers monitor and better manage corn rootworms.
Last year over 500 FFA chapters and nearly 8,500 farmers participated in the program, which included nearly 12,000 test sites. Based on the number of test sites, Monsanto donated over $600,000 to participating state and local FFA chapters.
Corn rootworms cost farmers across the Corn Belt an estimated $1 billion a year in crop damage and control measures. The objective of the program, sponsored by Monsanto and the new YieldGard VT Triple corn, is to create grower awareness about the spread of corn rootworm variants and the potential threat they pose to corn acres.
The program gauges the prevalence of the western corn rootworm variant, which has adapted its reproductive cycle in order to survive field rotations between corn and soybeans.
FFA youth will encourage farmers in their communities to participate in the program and help place sticky traps in their soybean fields in late July to determine whether rootworm beetles are present and at what level.
Monsanto will provide participating FFA chapters with a $50 donation for each sticky trap site they secure, including the return of the completed test data at the end of the monitoring program in August.
Monsanto will tabulate the final results of the program, which will enable farmers to determine if they have a potential rootworm problem.
Pettisville FFA attends Ohio’s state convention
COLUMBUS, Ohio — On May 3, 15 Pettisville FFA members and 13 alumni and friends, traveled to the Ohio Expo Center for the 79th annual Ohio FFA Convention.
Throughout the three-day event, many students were recognized on stage with various state awards. At the second general session, Rosy Coronado received the Church World Services recognition on behalf of Parkway’s community service and charity activities. In session four, John Bruner placed second in the Diversified Crop Production proficiency area. During the fifth general session, Josh Bruner received a gold treasurer’s award, and Libbey Eicher received a gold reporter’s award.
During the afternoon of May 3, six students competed in the AgriScience fair. Rachel Fry received a gold rating for her project,
“The desired taste quality of glycine max sprouts.” Rosy Coronado received a silver rating and third place for her project titled “Beta carotene in canned and fresh carrots.” Laura Rochefort received a silver rating and second place for her project on “The effects of light spectrum of lactuca sativa.” Tim Spiess received a silver rating for “What affect does tillage have on soil erosion.” Rebeckah Meller completed a study on the effectiveness of various forms of allium sativum and antibiotics on bacteria, in which she received a gold rating and first place. Meller will move on to the national competition at the National FFA Convention in October.
Lynae Fry compiled a research project on, “Testing sugar content in beta carotene, and dry matter in cucurbits. Fry received a gold rating and first place for her project, and she will also be competing in the National Agriscience Fair this fall.
Michigan dairy scholarship celebrates golden anniversary
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s dairy industry will come together July 19 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Michigan Dairy Memorial and Scholarship Foundation.
The celebration is being held at Michigan State University (MSU) in conjunction with Michigan Dairy Expo and Ag Expo.
Founded in 1957, the Michigan Dairy Memorial and Scholarship Foundation has provided more than $700,000 in financial assistance to more than 350 undergraduate students pursuing an education in the dairy field.
Anniversary events will begin with a social at 5:45 p.m. Dinner will follow at 6:30 p.m., with the program starting at 7:15 p.m. All these events will take place at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center at MSU.
Following the 4-H awards ceremony, attendees are invited to return to the MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education for an ice cream social organized by the Michigan 4-H Dairy Youth Program.
All former scholarship recipients, honorees, current and former board members, and donors are invited to attend the anniversary events.
For more information, contact Miriam Weber Nielsen by sending an e-mail to msw@msu.edu |
